Communications Officer Job in Narok, Kenya - SNV Netherlands Development Organization

SNV Kenya is looking for a Kenyan national to fill a position of a: 

Communications Officer (Working 50% Within the MaMaSe project)

SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation. Founded in the Netherlands nearly 50 years ago, we have built a long-term, local presence in 38 of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. 

Our global teams of local and international advisors work with local partners to equip communities, businesses and organisations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development.

Introduction: The MaMaSe project is looking for an experienced communications professional for the period 2015-2017.  MaMaSe is an ambitious project in which 17 partners are involved. The partner organizations are based in mainly the Netherlands and in Kenya. Groups of partners work on specific outputs that are grouped under so called Result Areas. The MaMaSe project has 5 Result Areas. 

The Communications Officer will be responsible for enhancing information sharing between the result areas and set-up a workflow for gathering project news as well as engaging and informing external target groups about the activities and reached milestones during the project.

In addition, the Communications Officer is responsible for executing the strategic Communications and Visibility Plan. In this role he or she will liaise with the External Communications Officer at UNESCO-IHE in the Netherlands and the Communications Officer at WWF Kenya on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

• Take the lead in the development of the new website as part of an integrated knowledge sharing platform.
• Produce and broadcast bi-monthly e-news letters
• Responsible for the MaMaSe brand guide and correct use of logo's, colors and fonts
• Assist Result Area leaders with communication activities by developing easy-to-use templates
• Ensure that all website content is kept up to date and well presented
• Write stories on the MaMaSe activities
• Responsible for the content on Social Media and actively increasing the number of followers
• Generate awareness about MaMaSe, its objectives, outputs and achievements within all project partner organizations and other interested partners
• Facilitate communication between the MaMaSe partners
• Encourage MaMaSe partners to share news, videos, photos and other interesting content for communication
• Produce the MaMaSe media kit
• Communicate the achievements, outcomes and benefits of MaMaSe to all relevant stakeholders
• Develop an annual report with the communications objectives achieved in that year (monitoring & evaluation report)
• Represent MaMaSe at (international) events

Candidate Profile

• Bachelor degree in Communications
• A minimum of 2 years experience in a similar position, with a focus on project communications
• Excellent proficiency of English
• Affinity with the water & development sector
• Experience with CMS systems
• Substantial knowledge of strategic communications planning and implementation
• Experience with multi-stakeholder engagement
• Cultural sensitive
• Experience with producing and implementing multi-media content (audio visual materials)
• Experience with graphic design (preferred)
• Good knowledge of Swahili is and added value

Contract duration: 2 Years initially

Desired start date: January 15 2015

Duty station: Narok, Kenya (With travel when required)

How to Apply

Please CLICK HERE to apply online in our in-house recruitment system before 24th December, 2014. 

Your application should include a cover letter and a CV that contains 3 referees and putting the job title as your subject reference.

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NB: Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted